Our Family Journey

We Are Going To Visit Again!

We have decided to travel to Guatemala again to visit Maria. This time will be a short visit. Marlin Jr. laughed at me when I told him it was going to be a short visit...."a short weekend visit to Guatemala...didn't know there was such a thing!" We will arrive in Guatemala City at Noon on Friday October 6th and leave at Noon on Monday October 9th.

After we received our previos from PGN and having not recieved any information on being re-submitted we chose to go again. Unless the PGN representatives begin to sign off on cases faster than they have in the past it will probably be at least another 4 to 5 weeks (from the time that we are re-submitted to PGN...which as of today we still haven't heard that we have been re-submitted) until our case is final in the eyes of the Guatemalan governement. We will then still have 2 to 3 weeks until we can travel to pick Maria up for good. That being the most reasonable and fairly optimistic time frame, we decided that we couldn't wait that long to see her again and booked flights and hotel. Please see our previous posts for information on the Guatemalan Adoption Process and PGN.

I felt so much better after actually making the decision to travel again. Just knowing that I would see Maria again soon, makes my day instantly brighter. We won't be doing any sightseeing or traveling in Guatemala during this trip. We will probably just lounge around the room and the hotel. Maria's toes probably won't hit the floor the entire time we are there. I have already warned Dave that he is going to have to fight me for the opportunity to hold her as I am going to do my best not to stop hugging her for 3 days!